DR Congo deadline for removal of South Sudan fighters

The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been given a week to fly hundreds of South Sudanese fighters out of the country.

The men are loyal to South Sudan's sacked Vice-President Riek Machar and crossed into the country with him in August following intense violence in the South Sudan's capital, Juba.

The 750 men have been disarmed and cared for by the UN mission.

But Congolese officials say they are now a security risk.
 
They are being housed in UN camps in the volatile east of DR Congo, near the city of Goma in North Kivu province.

BBC